Episode 580: Virtual E3

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020| Jonah FalconJonah Falcon| 0 Comment| 9:41 pm
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Publishers are doing their virtual E3 announcements, such as Ubisoft Forward and ID@Xbox’s Indie Showcase. There’s other wild news going on, and some not even in the official news items below.

Said news items include:

  • Ubisoft executives quit over misconduct allegations
  • Microsoft has stopped making the Xbox One X
  • Blasphemous gets free Stir of Dawn DLC on August 4

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